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The young man seated on the bench reads his paper and chats with his wife about domestic matters and their daughter. As the conversation becomes more strained and personal, we realize the bench is in the courtyard of an institution where the young wife is an inmate, and the husband a visitor.

Beneath the Surface deals with a diverse and volatile group of teenagers and their innovative teacher who sets out to bridge differences and bring peace to the school. It addresses serious issues affecting today's teens, such as peer pressure, drug abuse, and self esteem.

The Troll Queen, in good old fairy tale fashion, has changed the Prince into a fierce white bear. He is befriended by a brave and lovely young girl. Because this girl threatens the Queen's magic, the Queen sends two of her henchmen to imprison the bear. To save him, the girl seeks the help of the Mother of the Winds. Charming, adventurous, classical children's theatre.

Various authorsHigh School, Community TheaterWinners of the Baker's Plays High School Playwriting CompetitionBaker's Plays has been an advocate for theater in schools for over one hundred years. In the spirit of that commitment, we offer this playwriting competition for High School students. Plays may be about any subject and of any length. It is our hope that this competition will encourage aspiring high school authors to explore the creative possibilities of writin

This story is as familiar as you remember. Mary Lennox, a sullen and spoiled young orphan, is sent to live with her brooding uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor. Discovering a hidden, neglected garden, Mary plants the seeds of new life for all those drawn into her secret refuge. A wonderful story of transformation.

Six women, all members of the Red Feather Ladies Investment Club, discover they are all engaged to the same man. The gigolo was planning on feathering his nest with those Red Feather Ladies' investments. What to do? They will get their revenge. Each one, in her own unique and humorous way, comes up with a plan to teach the roving Romeo a lesson.

Edgar Allan Poe's life works are hauntingly dramatized in this play. The story is cleverly told through a series of dramatizations of the master's works: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Premature Burial, and The Poetic Principle. These stories are threaded together with the events of Poe's life as he deliriously remembers them on an anonymous deathbed in a Baltimore hospital. McElvain fully recreates each story on stage, often makin

An average American family acquires historic old Canterville Chase - complete with ghost! Sir Simon, the sporting spirit, succeeds in making life miserable. Then the Americans strike back.

Three elderly women meet at a lunch table on their first day in a home for senior citizens. A candle placed there by the matron awakens different memories in each.

We're in Mineola County again, where the Community Theatre is producing Romeo and Juliet. Even though the cast members don't have their lines memorized, the set isn't finished, and a dog keeps barking offstage, they're gonna give it a go!

Alice plunges down the rabbit hole and becomes involved in that madcap and deliciously satiric series of adventures immortalized by Lewis Carroll. A kaleidoscope of action and madness, with the necessary elements of suspense and frustration to make it all work.

"Once upon a time, a king had twelve beautiful daughters who danced in secret every night..." The king is mystified by their secret, and issues a challenge to the men of his kingdom - find out what his daughters are up to! Of course, one good-hearted young man succeeds - but at what cost? This story, recognizable to any defiant teenager or exasperated parent, is about the walls we build between each other, and how the power of love and communication can tear them

Granny can't tell her favorite fairy tales because someone really cruel and evil is stealing all the props! Breadcrumbs, magic beans, a basket of goodies, a glass slipper - all missing! The future of fairy tales is at stake, and it's up to the title character to set things right. With detective reasoning and his connections to the fairy tale underworld, plus some dumb luck, Nick Tickle sets out to locate the Mysterious Figure who's been pilfering all the props! He may

Thomas Jefferson, a middle school student, can't seem to focus in school. He is told he has ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder, a condition that affects his ability to concentrate in class. With his widowed mom, a caring teacher, and his first potential girlfriend, Thomas comes up with a very creative solution to deal with his condition.

Musical / Characters: 5 female, 3 male singing leads, 12+ chorus / simple set Scores: Piano/Conductor, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion. Instrumental track CD available. Luann and her school mates are stoked - it's the last day of school! Summer vacation's here! But will the high expectations soar or crash? Luann's big dream is to hook up with Aaron Hill. But she'll have to compete with hot cheerleader, Tiffany. Luann's doofus brother Brad desperately wants to impress beautiful

Characters: 9 male, 3 femaleThe Great Grey Ghost of Old Spook Lane is about a little boy, Roger, who is new in town. The kids at school tell him about a haunted house and dare him to go in. Roger feels he has to do it to get "in" with the gang. So on a rainy night they all meet and push him in through a window. The lights go on. The house isn't empty. An elderly man lives there quietly. He used to be a sound effects man back in radio days he has all the equipment in the basement. They play a trick on the kids and invite them back for dinner. The house is filled with scary sound effects as the "Ghost" serves his "Ghostly Repast" of evil eye soup, phantom pie, etc. Everyone is scared except brave Roger.The kids learn a lesson about accepting new people and Roger learns there are limits to what you should do to be accepted.

C. B. Gilford Mystery Comedy Characters: 3 male, 6 female. Interior Set Detective Dennis O'Finn, investigating the death of an elderly lady, discovers that he is the motive for murder. Six sweet but slightly balmy ladies are all in love with their bachelor neighbor, the handsome, forty-ish, O'Finn. To lure him to visit, they stage a homicide. But to keep him around, they must do it again! Based on the enormously successful Bull in a China Shop, this charmer of a

Adapted by Mark Fitzgibbons from Charles Dickens Characters: 16 male, 10 female. Unit set Using an English inn yard in the mid-nineteenth century, the playwright creates a setting which solves the problem of presenting the countless locations in this tale of London and Paris, and the ingenious use of four narrators (innkeepers) has helped turn one of the great works of English literature into a tour-de-force for theatre groups everywhere! In this stunning treatment, the premise

Tim Kelly A Who Dunit Soap Opera Farce Characters: 5 male, 5 female. Interior Set Life in a soap opera meets life in a New York City penthouse with hysterical results! Old Horatio Tucker, sponsor of television's most popular daytime soap, "The Best Tears of Our Lives", has received an anonymous note telling him that the clue to his killer can be found in the next day's episode. Things become woefully muddled when a nasty network executive, Ivy Medea Robespierre, is done

Adapted for the stage by Jules Tasca flexible castingOpen stage Telling Wilde TalesFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde This full evening's entertainment includes The Birthday of the Infanta, a sad tale of the broken hearted hunchback brought to the palace of the Princess of Spain; The Star Child, a poignant portrait of a boy who thinks he was sent to earth by a shooting star; The Happy Prince, in which a statue and a bird, through their generosity and unselfish spirits,

Brian Way Charatcers: 22 male, 12 female, extras. Doubling as low as 8 male & 4 female Within a framework using the character of the Mirrorman and the Toyman, imaginative adaptations of The Princess and the Pea, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Giant and the Golden Hairs and The Nightingale are interwoven. Length of production flexible depending on use of adaptations. For all ages.

Alan Haehnel Comedy Characters: 8 female, 4 male, extras, gender and numbers of characters easily manipulated The curtain opens on Cybeline, lost in the dark woods, calling plaintively for rescue as wolves prowl closer and closer All of a sudden, No, no, no! rings out from the back of the theater and a disgruntled, dictatorial director barges down the aisle, furious at the actress, the cast, and the entire crew! She commands, No one leaves the theater until this product

Comedy / Characters: 3 females Scenery: ExteriorCan three girls survive their graduation night stuck on a Ferris wheel? Set in 1959, the Dream Wheel breaks down with Miss, Berry, and Colleen at the very top. The girls are forced into states of sheer terror and self-reflection, as they try to make the most of their last night of high school. Facing such frightening prospects as the real world and the abyss below them, these best friends stretch the fabric of their friendship, eventually bec

flexible cast An evening of twenty-five short scenes and monologues. Commissioned by the Tony Award winning American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) In San Francisco, this play has won critical acclaim for its entertaining yet relevant and realistic portrayal of life at a High School. The many diverse scenes collectively make up the play. Although each scene stands on its own, there is a common thread - all of the vignettes deal with situations that take place outsid

4m, 6f / ComedyA one-act about a young artist on a journey to create her one great masterpiece. On the way she learns lessons about life, art, flamingos, playing the tuba, Georgia O'Keefe, really fat ducks, monkeys wearing roller skates, and the joy of coloring outside the lines. A strong ensemble, poetic language, and expressionistic visual elements make Masterpiece perfect for students or adults.Winner of the 2005 Wells Fargo Spotlight on the Arts Award for Excellence."Just a lovely piec

Farce Characters: 4 male, 6 female. Interior Set One of the funniest one-acts ever written. Hilarious farce dealing with what happened when Jones and Miss Brown, practical jokers, told each of the guests at their boarding house that Mr. Long, a wealthy visitor, was especially interested in their individual hobbies. Long is told the house is an insane asylum. The results are a riot.

TYA, Children's MusicalCharacters: 6 male, 2 female, possible doublingFollow Jack up the beanstalk once more in this zany, 45-minute musical romp! Times have changed though, and Jack faces new obstacles on his journey - like how to make his truck go without gasoline and how to stop his mother from selling off his precious video games! Jack learns sometimes you have to take a leap of faith, but that when you do, you have to be prepared for anything - like maybe, oh...a giant! But in this modern-day fable the giant isn't just some tall guy in the clouds. He's the C.E.O. of a "giant" farming corporation: Big Aggie Reaping Farms (B.A.R.F.). Through his battle with the Giant, Jack discovers that greed consumes itself, and that only through the help of our neighbors will we all prosper. Filled with comedy, puppetry, and lots of heart, Jack and the Soy Beanstalk plants the seeds of self-reliance, conservationism, and good ol' American ingenuity. "Does not disappoint on any level..fast-paced and energetic!" -NYTheatre.com"A rip-roaring good time musical with a light-hearted green message. This is a must see masterpiece for all ages." -TheaterOnline.com"Wonderfully entertaining for both the kids and the adults." - StageBuzz.com

Drama / Characters: 3 male, 2 femaleScenery: interiorUnusually powerful and effective, and gives fine roles for two good actresses. The wife of a strangled farmer is arrested on suspicion. While officers and neighbors are searching the old farmhouse for evidence, two women friends discover a slain canary and a broken cage. This evidence can prove the wife guilty, but by keeping her secret, they free her. An American classic by one of the original members of the Provincetown Playhouse where